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. >>> every year thousands of immigrants are sworn in as american citizens, but today san francisco had a highly unusual ceremony. john ramos telling us, it's never too late to find a home. >> reporter: when shok hang chang rolled into the swearing in room, it was the shortest journey for her life, but it was a first for the citizenship office. >> they said we have a 100-year- old applicant. it's once in a bluesmen. >> reporter: october 5, 1913, born in china, but the 21, she moved to hong kong, and she was married. her husband died in 1979, and in 1993 at the age of 80, she moved to canada to live with her son, but in 2003 she moved to freemont to live with her daughter. she always wanted to be a citizen, but it's 20 years if you don't learn english, her daughter convinced the government it may not be feasible for her. the best part? >> the best part of being an american is the sense of belonging and her happiness. everyone else in the family is a u.s. citizen. why not her, right? >> reporter: after being chinese and canadian, mrs. chang is now a u.s. citizen. >> you can run for public
. >>> every year thousands of immigrants are sworn in as american citizens, but today san francisco had a highly unusual ceremony. john ramos telling us, it's never too late to find a home. >> reporter: when shok hang chang rolled into the swearing in room, it was the shortest journey for her life, but it was a first for the citizenship office. >> they said we have a 100-year- old applicant. it's once in a bluesmen. >> reporter: october 5, 1913, born in china, but the...
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immigration policy allows immigrants to become permanent residents if they came to this country before 1972 and they have good moral character. >>> the richmond city council gave unanimous approval to smokers using electronic cigarettes in enclosed public spaces. e-cigarettes use batteries to heat a liquid that contains nicotine. supporters say they makes them safer than regular cigarettes. even if that is true they could still lead young people -- leave young people to take up smoking. >> regardless of how you get the nicotine drug that there should be restrictions on it. >> this was jo the first step the richmond city council will have a second reading of the proposal early next year. if approved it could become law three months after that. >>> the word of the year according to the marian webster dictionary science. science had the biggest spike in online searches this year. up 176%. political discussions about climate change and education policy could be the reason for that spike. the oxford english dictionary shows the word selfie as its word of the year. that means taking a pictur
immigration policy allows immigrants to become permanent residents if they came to this country before 1972 and they have good moral character. >>> the richmond city council gave unanimous approval to smokers using electronic cigarettes in enclosed public spaces. e-cigarettes use batteries to heat a liquid that contains nicotine. supporters say they makes them safer than regular cigarettes. even if that is true they could still lead young people -- leave young people to take up...
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the goal, to re-ignite the immigration reform debate. those letters will be delivered at 11:30 this morning. >>> it's 7:40. the investigation continues into the latest breakdown on the b.a.r.t. tracks. engineers are blaming an electrical short circuit for yesterday morning's big problem on the train heading to the tunnel in the east bay. the emergency brakes locked up, filling the train cars with fumes. several riders then went to the hospital after being stuck on the crippled train for an hour. >> used to be a huge problem about a decade ago. but they did some fixes to a break box and it only happens very rarely. >> b.a.r.t.'s chief mant tense officer says it will take at least a day to determine what led to the short. >>> and dozens of people in san leandro rushed from their homes out into the bitter cold in 20 minutes. a live report on an early- morning apartment fire. the damage it caused and where it may have started. >>> it might be hard to get your fast-food fix today. why hundreds of workers all over the country are walking off t
the goal, to re-ignite the immigration reform debate. those letters will be delivered at 11:30 this morning. >>> it's 7:40. the investigation continues into the latest breakdown on the b.a.r.t. tracks. engineers are blaming an electrical short circuit for yesterday morning's big problem on the train heading to the tunnel in the east bay. the emergency brakes locked up, filling the train cars with fumes. several riders then went to the hospital after being stuck on the crippled train...
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leaves next friday for the holiday break and could leave many big items on the table such as the budget, immigration reform and whether or not to extend unemployment benefits as well as the farm bill. house speaker john boehner knows they are running out of time. >> i'm not seeing progress on the farm bill. if we've gotta pass, a one- month extension of the farm bill, i think we are prepared to do that. >> well, points of contention in passing a new five-year farm bill include cuts to the food stamp program. the house passed a bill to cut $4 billion from the program. the senate proposes $400 million. the other problem, restructuring the farm subsidies where critics argue we're paying farmers not to farm. there are supposed to be some meetings next week but at this point, it's likely they will instead of reaching a compromise, they will perhaps propose an extense of the bill. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. >>> 8:49. let's go to sal, keeping an eye on traffic and a new crash on the peninsula this morning. >> that's right. northbound 101 in south
leaves next friday for the holiday break and could leave many big items on the table such as the budget, immigration reform and whether or not to extend unemployment benefits as well as the farm bill. house speaker john boehner knows they are running out of time. >> i'm not seeing progress on the farm bill. if we've gotta pass, a one- month extension of the farm bill, i think we are prepared to do that. >> well, points of contention in passing a new five-year farm bill include cuts...
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patents, immigration, all issues is congress' jurisdiction. now, a thing that's worth note -- noting, fast track has only actually been in effect for five of the last 19 years, because after nafta and the world trade organization demonstrated the threat to our country, of job offshoring, floods of unsafe imports and a tax in our domestic laws of this diplomatic legislating, its appetite for fast track. so this anomaly created by nixon has been extremely unpopular in the last 20 years in congress. that makes it not that surprising that as a candidate, president obama announced replace fast track with a process that includes criteria determining appreciate negotiating partners -- something president buffenbarger mentioned -- and they play a strong role in the international economic policy and any future agreements we pursue to amend existing agreements. oh, were it so. sadly, now that the president is actually seeking trade authority, he's not seeking the new 21st century trade authority we need to get trade agreements that work for most america
patents, immigration, all issues is congress' jurisdiction. now, a thing that's worth note -- noting, fast track has only actually been in effect for five of the last 19 years, because after nafta and the world trade organization demonstrated the threat to our country, of job offshoring, floods of unsafe imports and a tax in our domestic laws of this diplomatic legislating, its appetite for fast track. so this anomaly created by nixon has been extremely unpopular in the last 20 years in...